NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impending strike from one of these gigantic space rocks.
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Elon Musk's Cybertruck apocalypse
Tesla's armored pickup truck is straight out of 'Mad Musk: Fury Road' — but with hexagonal cupholders
The ultra-rich are obsessed with their doomsday bunkers — but Sam Altman joked they won't really matter if there's an AI apocalypse
"None of this is gonna help if AGI goes wrong, this is a ridiculous question," Altman said, during a conversation about AI fears at the WSJ Tech Live event on Tuesday.
How a sheep wagon became one man's doomsday survival plan
Aaron Fletcher has been preparing for doomsday for 15 years. See how a nomadic shepherd thinks everyone will have to live in a post-apocalyptic world.
'Oppenheimer' leaves out the most terrifying, deadly risk of nuclear weapons because nobody knew about it until the 1980s
J. Robert Oppenheimer's nightmarish visions in the film pale in comparison to the nuclear winter and mass famine Carl Sagan warned us about.
FTX planned to purchase the Pacific island nation of Nauru to build an apocalypse bunker, lawsuit says
A document shared with Sam Bankman-Fried's brother by an officer of the FTX Foundation non-profit considered creating a "human genetic enhancement" lab, per the suit.
To survive nuclear apocalypse, you may have to eat nothing but mushrooms, rats, and insects
Nuclear Armageddon survivors could start a new food system with mushrooms. The other options, like eating rats, might not be as appetizing.
Plans for Peter Thiel's massive bunker-like estate were just rejected by local government in New Zealand. Check out the design for the 10-bedroom compound that was to be built directly into the landscape.
Some say this was meant to be Peter Thiel's "doomsday bunker" as the ultra-rich scoop up remote properties in New Zealand as "apocalypse insurance."
The 5 countries that are best suited to survive the apocalypse, according to a new study
Silicon Valley billionaires are already investing their riches into bunkers and doomsday shelters in New Zealand and other parts of the globe.
How NASA's $3.5 billion idea could save Earth from a supervolcano apocalypse
Yellowstone National Park sits atop a supervolcano that's considered one of the greatest volcano threats. But NASA has an idea to stop an eruption.
Inside a $3 million doomsday condo that can sustain 75 people for 5 years
Survival Condo Project converted a missile silo into luxury, doomsday-proof condos designed to sustain 75 people for five years. Take a look inside.
Epidemiologist rates 10 zombie virus movies and TV shows for realism
Dr. Tara C. Smith is an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist at Kent State University College of Public Health. She fact-checks zombie scenes in movies.
What if you survived the apocalypse?
You survived the apocalypse. What do you do now? Well, stock up on supplies and move out of the city. But that's not all, here's what you need to do.
Dispatches from the apocalypse: Photos show eerie scenes and orange skies as smoke tints the atmosphere across the West Coast
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires across the West Coast has turned the sky orange and red. Here are some of the most striking images.
Take a look at the Cybertruck-inspired, post-apocalyptic bunker designed to protect against a nuclear threat, zombie invasion, or viral outbreak
Russia-based Modern House designed Cyberhouse Life due to customer requests for a protection system against the coronavirus pandemic.
Demand for hazmat suits and face masks is surging because of the coronavirus — here are the 'doomsday' survival items people are buying
A growing number of consumers in the US are shelling out thousands of dollars on gas masks, hazmat suits, and even underground bunkers.
Here's a look inside a 15-story underground doomsday shelter for the 1% that has luxury homes, guns, and armored trucks
When doomsday comes, millionaire "preppers" may head underground and live out Armageddon in style at the Survival Condo Project in Kansas.
2 things everyone forgets about 'Mad Max'-style post-apocalypse vehicles
You still need to get around after society crumbles, but without that society, you won't be getting very far.
14 things you can buy from Costco, Amazon, Sam's Club, and BJ's to be ready for when the apocalypse hits
Here are helpful — even life-saving — supplies available at Costco, Amazon, and Sam's Club that can help get you through a global catastrophe.
The 'Doomsday Clock' has jumped closer to midnight than ever as nuclear weapons and climate disasters turn the world into a 'pressure cooker'
The Doomsday Clock is now just 100 seconds from the apocalypse. Previously, the clock's most alarming position was two minutes to midnight.